Cross Country Newsletter                                                                    30 Sept 1989

 

            On Saturday Sept. 30, Fordham’s X-C team competed in the Xavier Invitational Race.  Excellent weather and a week of hard training allowed for dominant performances from all three groups.  Half the team won medals (21 of 42 runners) while an astounding 31 runners ran personal records.

 

Varsity Race-2.5 miles                                      Sophomore Race-2.5 miles

Mike Chang                 14:46*                         Mike Fink                    14:59*

Kevin Neenan              15:07*                         Claude Rossignol          15:10*

Jose Garcia                  15:35*                         Brian Etheridge 15:44*

Ray Medina                  15:38*                         James Altomare            16:54*

Steve Famularo            15:48*                         Gerry Sullivan               16:54* (tie)

John Feerick                 15:55*                         John Keane                  17:37*

Dave Guerrero             16:30*                         Jim Mattiace                 18:05*

Anthony Ubinas            16:37*                         Carlos Nunez               18:16

Mark Lozina                 18:31                           Kevin Morris                18:22

Mark Sternefeld           19:44                           Sean Murphy                19:37

Dave Deasy                  21:30                           Karl Schimmeck           19:56

Jimmy Rodriguez          24:11                           Adiso Ross                   20:33

                                                                        Vincent Romano           21:38

                                                                        Matt George                 24:53

 

Freshman Race-1.5 miles

Dan Venturi                  10:08*

Joe Medina                  10:16*

Sean Condon               10:19*

Waldo Persteins           10:37*

Chris Spellman             11:10*

Chris Cahoon               11:25*

Quin Ciuffatelli              11:31

George Musson            11:41                                       * denotes medal winner

John Rausch                 12:06

Mickey Merrigan          12:09

Daryl Alston                 12:35

Dave Anderson            12:51

Paul Schimmeck           13:28

Tim Reidy                     14:11

Domingo Cuevas          14:40

Rodney Watts              DNF

 

 

X-C Notes

 

-- This week’s MIP award goes to (yes, this is a cop-out) the entire team.  The average

    margin of improvement for the squad was 49 seconds.  Keep it up guys.  (MIP = Most

     Improved Performance)

 

-- The combined 5-man average for the Varsity course was a blistering 15:07 – among

    the tops in the league.  Fordham’s lineup is as deep as anyone’s, with 9 men under the

    16 minute barrier.

 

-- Special mention must be made of the Freshman squad, who posted a 5-man average of        

    10:30.  By comparison, at this time last year the Freshman team had an average of

    10:27 – and they went on to become a league power.

 

-- Coming up – 6 Varsity runners travel to Rochester this weekend for the McQuaid

    Invitational, while the J.V. and Frosh are at V.C.P. on Friday afternoon for the Iona

    Prep X-C Meet.